General Skills Statistics

Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,877 23.28%	5,137
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,558 13.53%	3,617
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 14 places+14	£55,000	-	6,645 7.78%	810
Banking	16	Up 18 places+18	£90,000	+7.68%	5,847 6.85%	332
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£53,330	-3.03%	4,856 5.69%	2,030
Marketing	41	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-18.18%	3,844 4.50%	1,290
Public Sector	57	Up 37 places+37	£60,000	-	2,798 3.28%	914
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,627 3.08%	939
Retail	62	Down -6 places-6	£52,500	-4.54%	2,605 3.05%	967
Law	76	Down -27 places-27	£60,000	+9.09%	2,177 2.55%	445
Legal	80	Up 2 places+2	£65,000	+13.04%	1,947 2.28%	574
Organisational Skills	96	Up 10 places+10	£38,000	-15.55%	1,633 1.91%	678
Telecoms	106	Up 12 places+12	£42,500	-9.57%	1,547 1.81%	501
Electronics	169	Down -39 places-39	£52,500	-11.61%	1,075 1.26%	404
Games	214	Down -32 places-32	£50,000	-9.09%	844 0.99%	274
Presentation Skills	216	Down -128 places-128	£60,000	+3.44%	819 0.96%	388
Influencing Skills	223	Down -7 places-7	£77,203	+23.52%	784 0.92%	258
Automotive	229	Up 97 places+97	£48,000	-9.85%	734 0.86%	345
Aerospace	250	Up 77 places+77	£55,000	+0.37%	671 0.79%	387
Advertising	270	Down -94 places-94	£45,000	-25.00%	598 0.70%	246
Pharmaceutical	286	Up 21 places+21	£60,000	+20.00%	565 0.66%	151
Multimedia	298	Up 284 places+284	£30,500	-12.23%	533 0.62%	429
Local Government	327	Down -36 places-36	£50,000	-	468 0.55%	182
Financial Institution	330	Down -153 places-153	£85,000	-2.85%	461 0.54%	109
Documentation Skills	345	Up 94 places+94	£54,500	+1.86%	438 0.51%	160
Back Office	346	Up 138 places+138	£55,000	-24.13%	437 0.51%	97
Billing	387	Up 114 places+114	£42,500	-24.10%	366 0.43%	163
Front Office	390	Down -242 places-242	£112,500	-	357 0.42%	88
French Language	404	Down -161 places-161	£45,000	-30.76%	336 0.39%	77
Military	407	Up 34 places+34	£50,000	-13.04%	333 0.39%	163
German Language	431	Down -190 places-190	£40,000	-44.82%	299 0.35%	94
Aviation	474	Up 43 places+43	£65,000	+13.04%	241 0.28%	112
Tech for Good	503	Down -34 places-34	£70,000	+5.66%	206 0.24%	21
Health Technology	506	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-14.28%	203 0.24%	64
Publishing	524	Down -83 places-83	£60,000	-7.69%	177 0.21%	61
Investment Banking	534	Down -154 places-154	£95,000	-15.55%	166 0.19%	38
Police	563	Down -152 places-152	£55,000	+6.19%	137 0.16%	29
Spanish Language	581	Up 24 places+24	£40,000	-23.80%	119 0.14%	48
Social Housing	607	Down -63 places-63	£50,000	-13.04%	93 0.11%	44
Agriculture	607	Down -14 places-14	£43,500	-15.12%	93 0.11%	32
Aeronautics	618	Down -4 places-4	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.096%	13
Retail Banking	621	Down -94 places-94	£83,750	+0.20%	79 0.093%	18
Dutch Language	624	Down -15 places-15	£35,000	-6.66%	76 0.089%	23
Italian Language	625	Up 3 places+3	£42,500	-40.35%	75 0.088%	20
Brand Awareness	627	Down -31 places-31	£42,500	-	73 0.086%	37
General Ledger	629	Down -49 places-49	£82,500	+14.59%	71 0.083%	30
Digital Healthcare	631	Up 9 places+9	£60,000	-7.69%	69 0.081%	17
Fire and Rescue	635	Down -12 places-12	£40,000	-22.80%	65 0.076%	31
Digital Health	636	Down -3 places-3	£77,500	+40.90%	64 0.075%	36
Swedish Language	637	Up 5 places+5	£45,000	+87.50%	63 0.074%	10